PUBLICATION
Toxicological Evaluation of SiO₂ Nanoparticles by Zebrafish Embryo Toxicity Test
- Authors
- Vranic, S., Shimada, Y., Ichihara, S., Kimata, M., Wu, W., Tanaka, T., Boland, S., Tran, L., Ichihara, G.
- ID
- ZDB-PUB-190220-8
- Date
- 2019
- Source
- International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20(4): (Journal)
- Registered Authors
- Tanaka, Toshio
- Keywords
- bio-distribution, dechorionation, embryo acute toxicity test, silica nanoparticles, surface functionalization, vascularization, zebrafish
- MeSH Terms
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- Animals
- Chorion/metabolism
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/anatomy & histology
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/blood supply
- Embryo, Nonmammalian/drug effects*
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental/drug effects
- Nanoparticles/toxicity*
- Neovascularization, Physiologic/drug effects
- Protective Agents/metabolism
- Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/metabolism
- Silicon Dioxide/toxicity*
- Survival Analysis
- Suspensions
- Toxicity Tests*
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/genetics
- Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism
- Zebrafish/embryology*
- PubMed
- 30781642 Full text @ Int. J. Mol. Sci.
Citation
Vranic, S., Shimada, Y., Ichihara, S., Kimata, M., Wu, W., Tanaka, T., Boland, S., Tran, L., Ichihara, G. (2019) Toxicological Evaluation of SiO₂ Nanoparticles by Zebrafish Embryo Toxicity Test. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 20(4).
Abstract
As the use of nanoparticles (NPs) is increasing, the potential toxicity and behavior of NPs in living systems need to be better understood. Our goal was to evaluate the developmental toxicity and bio-distribution of two different sizes of fluorescently-labeled SiO₂ NPs, 25 and 115 nm, with neutral surface charge or with different surface functionalization, rendering them positively or negatively charged, in order to predict the effect of NPs in humans. We performed a zebrafish embryo toxicity test (ZFET) by exposing the embryos to SiO₂ NPs starting from six hours post fertilization (hpf). Survival rate, hatching time, and gross morphological changes were assessed at 12, 24, 36, 48, 60, and 72 hpf. We evaluated the effect of NPs on angiogenesis by counting the number of sub-intestinal vessels between the second and seventh intersegmental vessels and gene expression analysis of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and VEGF receptors at 72 hpf. SiO₂ NPs did not show any adverse effects on survival rate, hatching time, gross morphology, or physiological angiogenesis. We found that SiO₂ NPs were trapped by the chorion up until to the hatching stage. After chemical removal of the chorion (dechorionation), positively surface-charged SiO₂ NPs (25 nm) significantly reduced the survival rate of the fish compared to the control group. These results indicate that zebrafish chorion acts as a physical barrier against SiO₂ NPs, and removing the chorions in ZFET might be necessary for evaluation of toxicity of NPs.
Genes / Markers
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping